When I Brought The Lost Little Girl To Her House, The One Who Came Out Of The Front Door Was The Most Beautiful Girl In The Grade. - Chapter 88

“We can finally buy them now~”

After finishing their prayers, Ayano said this as she took a deep breath. Indeed, a lot had happened. More accurately, I felt emotionally drained, not Ayano…

“I wonder what kind of fortune we’ll get this year from the omikuji.”

“Well, it could range from great misfortune to great fortune.”

“Yeah, but don’t you think it’s a bit lacking in dreams?”

“When you say ‘dreams’?”

I asked, and Ayano cleared her throat softly.

“Like, ‘This year, I’ll definitely get great fortune!’ or something?”

“That’s more like a dream or prediction.”

“Anyway! It doesn’t matter what we get; it won’t be the same for sure!”

“Huh…?”

“Don’t tell me… you’ve always thought it would be the same?”

“…Yeah.”

With a surprised expression, Ayano stared at me. Then, as if she were exasperated, she sighed loudly.

“Omikuji have an effect, you know!”

“Yeah, yeah, I get it.”

“You probably don’t get it at all~”

I gave a nonchalant response, and Ayano glared at me with puffed-up cheeks. I pretended not to notice, but her cute demeanor kept drawing my gaze.

“Alright, let’s just buy them already.”

“Ugh!”

Ayano seemed dissatisfied, but I took out 300 yen from my wallet and bought three omikuji.

“Eh… I should’ve paid, you know?!”

“It’s fine… If you’re too slow, I’ll choose three for you.”

“F-Fine, then. Thank you.”

“Here you go.”

Saying that, I immediately opened my omikuji. Ayano, on the other hand, was still holding hers tightly with both hands.

“What are you doing?”

“I’m sending my energy to it!”

I wanted to point out that sending energy probably wouldn’t change the results, but I held back. I had never seen someone send so much energy to their omikuji before.

It’s like watching a small animal firmly clutching its prey; it’s incredibly cute.

As for my omikuji… it was a great misfortune. Well, I thought that omikuji results were all the same anyway, but getting a great misfortune did make me wonder if something bad might happen.

“I’ll take a look!”

Saying that, Ayano finally opened her omikuji. She looked at me with a grin and showed me the result.

And with that smile, she said,

“Daikichi!” Ayano exclaimed, and it seemed like a fluffy aura surrounded her.

“What about you, Yuusei-kun?”

I also showed my omikuji with a surprised expression similar to Ayano’s.

“Daikyou.”

I replied, and Ayano, looking curiously, examined my omikuji with the great misfortune result.

“I’ve never seen a daikyou before!”

“Is that so? But, in a way, daikyou might be rarer. You’re really lucky, Yuusei-kun.”

“Isn’t that the last thing you should say in front of the person who got a great misfortune, though?”

Upon hearing that, Ayano quickly lowered her head and apologized.

“I didn’t mean it like that…”

“No, you don’t have to go that far… Wait, what’s wrong, Natsuno? Why have you been looking at you sister and me?”

With puffed-up cheeks, Natsuno was looking down. Perhaps she didn’t want to be excluded from the group or maybe she felt like her sister was taken away from her, or perhaps both.

“Hey, Natsuno, how about your omikuji?”

As if I were checking her mood, I asked Natsuno, who hesitantly showed me her omikuji.

“You got Daikichi too?”

“Natsuno got Daikichi too? That’s an incredible coincidence!”

“Hehe… Isn’t it amazing?”

“Yeah, it’s quite something.”

Both of them getting Daikichi—these sisters must have an exceptionally strong bond. Saying they had a strong bond didn’t quite capture it, but I guess the gods were so charmed by their cuteness that they gave them both Daikichi.

“Well, let’s head back.”

When I mentioned that our mothers were waiting, Ayano grabbed my hand.

“Even if it’s Daikichi, be careful, okay?”

“Didn’t I tell you? Omikuji doesn’t really matter.”

As we started walking, I stumbled on my first step, causing my body to lurch forward. I prepared myself to fall to the ground, planning to take the fall gracefully, but then… I stopped.

Thanks to Ayano grabbing onto me, I didn’t fall to the ground.

“Um, thank you…”

“I did say to be careful, didn’t I?”

“Yes, I’m sorry.”

Was this also because of the Daikichi…? I know it was my own carelessness. However, with all these warnings, I couldn’t help but wonder if my fortune had something to do with it.

“I used up my luck to meet Ayano and the others… It’s not that surprising that something bad could happen.”

“I feel the same way.”

Ayano’s words were simple but they made me happy. Despite just being scolded, my feelings for her were already so clear.

“Ayano.”

I kissed Ayano on her beautiful, red lips the moment she turned towards me. Ayano had a surprised expression, but she couldn’t hold back her feelings.

When our lips parted, Ayano’s face was soft. She blushed gradually, a side of her she rarely showed.

“Yuusei-kun… That surprise attack was unfair.”

Ayano tried to hide her blushing face, whispering softly.

I laughed, feeling like with the two of us, even a Daikichi wasn’t a big deal.